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London and Portobello notes from Jamaica and court items
A miscellany of 18th century notices and letters recounts Jamaica ship booty shares from the Cassandra Pyrate, arrivals and deaths in London and Dublin, appointments in the Horse Guards, and health and public events. Also listed are ship stock prices, Quaker officiating changes, and forthcoming horse races at Tetbury and a Gloucestershire course with detailed purse structures and entry conditions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Devonshire
Thomas Linsker
Lancashire
Thomas Reeve
Rutland
John Hinthbard
Edinburgh
Jamaica
Porto- Belto
London
Henry Hawkins Esq
Port of
Winchester
Martin Eq
Horse Guards
Robert Waller
Evans
Régiment of
Dragoons
Godfrey Kneller Ke
Great Queen Street
Lincoln’s Ton Fields
Marshalsea
Southwark
Cockpit
Lord Viscount Harcourt
Brussels
Mary-Anne
James Ratcliffe
Earl of Der‘wentweater
Tower Hill
John Webb Bar
Louvain
St. Austin
Duke of Grafton
Ireland
Holyhead
Dublin
Katherine Wyndham
William Wyndham
Duke of Somerset
John Hammond
St. Clement Danes
Joseph Bingham
Havant
Hedborn Worthy
Hampshire
Leck
Staffordshire
Tetbury Warren
Tetbury
Gloucester
Duke of Beacfort
Viscount Gage
Scar
Upton Old Stables
Che Moore
Horke